Race 1 of 8 in 1957 Australian Drivers' Championship
Race details
Date
4 March 1957
Location
Caversham, Western Australia
Course
Permanent airfield circuit[1]
Course length
3.621 km (2.25 miles)
Distance
70 laps, 253.47 km (157.5 miles)
Weather
Very warm (104°F),[2] sunny
Pole position
Driver
Stan Jones
Maserati
Fastest lap
Driver
Lex Davison
Ferrari
Time
1'34.8
Podium
First
Lex Davison
Bill Patterson
Ferrari
Second
Stan Jones
Maserati
Third
Jack Brabham
Cooper-Climax
Motor car race
The 1957 Australian Grand Prix was a Formula Libre motor race held at Caversham Circuit, Western Australia on 4 March 1957.[3] The race had 24 starters.[4]
It was the twenty second Australian Grand Prix. Lex Davison won his second AGP a victory he shared after using Bill Patterson as a relief driver. The extreme heat of the Western Australian summer saw several teams use two drivers over the 245 kilometre race distance.
The race was also the first ever round of an Australian Drivers' Championship, which was held for the first time in 1957.
^OzatWar Website Retrieved 15 May 2020
^Davison (Ferrrari) Wins Grand Prix, Australian Motor Sports, April 1957, pages 134 to 139
^Flyer for 22nd Australian Grand Prix, Caversham, Western Australia, March 2nd and 4th 1957
^The official history of the Australian Grand Prix - 80 Years, page 175
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